| Don't Go Breaking My Heart | |
| Director: | Willi Patterson |
| Producer: | Bill Kenwright |
| Cinematography: | Vernon Layton |
| Editing: | Peter Beston |
| Music: | Rolfe Kent |
| Studio: | Aviator Films Bill Kenwright Films |
| Distributor: | BWE Distribution Inc. Curb Entertainment Polygram Filmed Entertainment |
| Released: | (UK) |
| Runtime: | 95 min. |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $7,000,000 (estimated)[1] |
| Gross: | £961,609 (UK) (28 February 1999)[2] |
Don't Go Breaking My Heart is a 1999 British film, starring Anthony Edwards, Jenny Seagrove and Charles Dance. It was directed by Willi Patterson.
Suzanne, a beautiful widow, has to choose between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.
Dr. Fiedler played by Tom Conti is a parody of Dr Fassbender played by Peter Sellers in the movie What's New Pussycat?.[3]
Bill Kenwright had to mortgage his own £1 million London home to pay for its production. Geoff Morrow who wrote the screenplay also wrote the 1977-hit Can't Smile Without You. Despite being second billed, Linford Christie only makes a short cameo appearance in the pre-credit scene of the film.[4]
Julianne Pidduck from Sight & Sound praised several aspects of the film, however she concluded: " But despite all efforts, an uninspired script and uneven direction fail to make Suzanne's unhappy lurches from mourning widow to tender lover plausible."[5]